A Post Script

A few weeks ago I wrote a very optimistic blog about the excessive growth and materialism our country is so enamored with. While listening to the radio this morning on my way to work I heard multiple reporters with somber voices discussing our tanking economy. Every week there are 500,000+ new jobless claims, many big companies are announcing layoffs in the 10's of thousands, and today the big story seems to be the drop in the GDP by 3.8%. My response to this news is, "no shit". I just can't seem to wrap my head around the idea that if we aren't making newer, bigger, shinier things, we are doing something wrong. Did all of these big companies really think that people would keep buying more and more houses, cars, and other various things that they already have several of? I say a little decrease in the economy is great...maybe it will curb our appetite for crap we don't need (and I am just as guilty as the next guy when it comes to buying crap I don't need, just ask Marie). Anyhow, I just wanted to air my thoughts out after listening to the news this morning.